Posts in category Vintage + Historical Oddities

It’s typical morose Poe fare all-in-all, but what’s most interesting is what happened decades after the novel’s 1838 publication.

After a full shift of this behavior, it’s no surprise that the women themselves began to glow.

The evidence is “flagging” when it comes to her involvement in the original design.

These involuntary corpses are responsible for more medicinal success than we can imagine.

Fair warning: most of us wouldn’t want to attempt this joyous romp while wearing our Sunday best.

A.B. had been reading one night when she heard a voice in her mind, entirely unlike her own.

The well-traveled, mummified mountebank crisscrossed the country for decades while in the midst of decomposition. And people paid to see it.

This unusual trend was born as a result of an iconic Ripley’s exhibit, acquired more than 25 years ago—the Legendary African Fertility Statues. 

He dressed like a scarecrow as he prowled the night.

A baby could have upwards of 50 “moms.”